Lame duck platter has plentiful pickings

Ohio lawmakers face controversial bills

2:15 AM,
Nov. 24, 2012

Written by

Paul E. Kostyu

Between the turkey at Thanksgiving and the ham at Christmas there's lame duck in Columbus.

Beginning this week, state lawmakers will be in a hurry to move as many pieces of pending legislation as fast as they can so they can escape the capital and extend their holiday vacations. It likely will mean late-night meetings with public business conducted in the wee hours of the morning.

Issues the lawmakers might tackle include controversial proposals to halt state funding for Planned Parenthood and to approve a bill that bans abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Also on the table ...